In the Developmental Psychology study, gay couples were also shown to have higher levels of affection and intimacy. A study in the Journal of Sexual Medicine found that gay men do, in fact, tend to have more active sex lives-at least in terms of having more partners.īut here's where things get interesting. So put two (or more) men together who find each other attractive, and you can take a wild guess what happens. It wouldn't shock many people to learn that men have their minds on sex in a way most women do not. Here's what gay couples are getting right. After all, we date guys like you-we are guys like you. As a gay man, I know we defy the expectations of typical relationships.Īnd while one study doesn't mean we have all the answers, it does mean we could have something to teach you. The landmark 2008 study, published in the journal Developmental Psychology, followed gay couples for three years and found that by nearly every metric, they reported higher-quality relationships and felt more satisfied than straight married couples did. And then researchers checked it out and found that it seemed to be working better than the other one. A funny thing happened when gay couples were told by judges that they couldn't tie the knot: They invented a whole new kind of relationship blueprint.
